2013 Never Defeated In life‚ everyone faces hardships and challenges‚ but it’s how a person responds to these tough circumstances that shapes them into who they really are. In Ernest Hemingway’s‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ the main character Santiago states‚ “A man can be destroyed but not defeated” (Hemingway 103). The word “destroyed‚” means to have ruined completely or to have rendered something useless. On the other hand‚ the term “defeated‚” refers to failure to win or get your way. Although
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Among all of the themes established in The Alchemist‚ the most relevant theme to the novel is the idea of one’s own personal legend. The story revolves around Santiago‚ striving to achieve his personal legend. He meets new people‚ faces hardships‚ and learns new things about himself and his personal legend on his journey. Santiago has many things that appear while he is on his journey. These things that appear help him to achieve his personal legend and they teach him new‚ valuable lessons about
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The Alchemist is a book written by Brazilian author Paulo Cohelo.It tells the story of a young boy Santiago and his journey as a shepherd.Soon after Santiago has a dream about a treasure hidden inside the pyramids of Egypt.He soon realizes he needs to fulfill his personal legend and that everybody on Earth has a purpose in life.“The universe conspires in our favor”.When the universe conspires in our favor and with a little work from us we are able to fulfill personal legends and the things that come
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This excerpt‚ which a gypsy named Melchizedek says to Santiago when they first meet each other‚ forms the infrastructure of the ideology of “The Alchemist.” Another example is revealed when Coelho writes‚ “Now that I have seen them‚ and now that I see how immense my possibilities are‚ I ’m going to feel worse than I did before you arrived. Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish‚ and I don ’t want to do so.” (Coelho‚ 58) As Santiago continues on his journey‚ he meets with a crystal merchant
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his upbringings as the son of a poor immigrant fisherman helped form his popular image as the personification of the American Dream. Santiago‚ much like DiMaggio’s father‚ was a fisherman. One day when Santiago was out fishing‚ he encounters a severe battle with a Marlin. He continuously battles this Marlin for several days and the hardships begin to occur. Santiago refuses to eat‚ and he becomes very weak and fatigue. As he holds on forcefully to the line‚ the Marlin refuses to back down‚ and
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“The Old Man and the Sea:” A Tale of Betrayed Brotherhood In Ernest Hemingway’s novella “The Old Man and the Sea‚” an old fisherman named Santiago faces the challenge of catching the largest fish of his life‚ an act he hopes will bring immortal greatness to his name. The accomplishment of this goal‚ however‚ hinges on the act of killing a creature Santiago often deems his equal‚ as exemplified by his recurring reference to the fish as a brother. The old man’s longing for greatness negates any moral
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religious followers‚ good religious followers seemingly cease existence due to being overshadowed by negativity. Pura is not accountable for her actions but demands that Bayardo San Roman show Angela respect. Pura also opposes her name by her demand for Santiago Nasar’s blood. Pedro and Pablo are “urgently summoned by their mother” after she discovers that
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that realizing one’s personal legend is the most important thing in life. When something is wanted to such an extent‚ all surroundings help you to achieve it but we have to also struggle to reach our goals and make them a reality. The character Santiago allows us to see this journey‚ following personal legend. One of the most important aspects in understanding this journey are the archetypal characters Coelho has created. On their own they are not as significant but when the male characters and
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seemingly journalistic‚ uses anecdotal information as often as it presents the reader with the facts of the murder. For example‚ the narrator spends a few pages discussing the fact that Santiago Nasar was in love with Maria Alejandrina Cervantes at the age of fifteen‚ but he does not ever clarify whether or not Santiago Nasar was guilty of the crime he died for. Clarification of the second point‚ in terms of the plot‚ is a much more important question to answer‚ and the novel never answers it. In addition
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the film Bend it like Beckham both protagonists never give up on following their dreams when people try to stop them from looking forward‚ and pursuing their personal legends. In the novel The Alchemist‚ Paulo Coelho writes about the journey that Santiago takes to conquer his personal legend. The film Bend it like Beckham bases off the storyline of Jess’ ambition to become a soccer player despite the fact that her parents loathe on her playing. Both protagonists go through obstacles
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